What does an impostor account do? Focus on fake @ JulianAssunge

At the time of writing 19/07/2017, the account had 2918 tweets, out of which 1757 were Retweets, and out of the remaining 1161 , 591 were replies to someone else’s tweet and 570 original Tweets.

The Retweets included:

552 RTs from fake account @Real_Assange (Fake) done at the time @JulianAssunge account’s handle was @Real_Assange (154 of those were re-tweets its own replies / 398 were re-tweets of its own tweets). Two other fake accounts get under 15 re-tweets also: @JulianAsange_ and @JulianAssunge

Pick a high-profile target likely to appeal to Trump base. Tweet at them with your fake news (NB. the fake news is selected so it WILL be damaging if read as coming from JA – eg. Pizzagate, Podesta as pedophile, anti-semetic attacks on Jewish Anti-Defamation League, etc) so any replies to your tweet will also flood the target’s mentions (hence Donald Trump and Clinton are so often ‘replied to’ in Real_Assange tweets).

I asked the same question to another long term WL supporter. Here is what was said.

From Stateless Ænima‏ @blumo0n:

When engaging/ speaking truth to power, one diminishes power. However, these impersonation accounts are powerless trolls seeking to subsume the gravitas of WikiLeaks & by doing so, diffuse it’s reach.Engaging these accounts only assists their mission. Report, reveal, but refrain from engagement.

Finally responding to a call to report impostors, another of our friends hit the nail on the head: